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The Committee received an update on the review of the council's Home Tuition Service. Officers set out the service's role, demand on it, staffing, finances and the findings from a stakeholder workshop held on 29 June 2026. The Committee agreed to take the review forward towards a planned future operating model for the service, and asked for a further report in the new year.
The committee discussed its draft work plan for 2026/27 and agreed that School Inclusion and Vocational Learning & Opportunities will be its two focus topics, with the committee considering one topic at alternate meetings. It also agreed that all future meetings in 2026/27 will start at 4pm. No interests were declared.
Councillor M Durke was elected Chair, who leads and runs the meetings, and Councillor S Pritchard was elected Vice Chair, who deputises for the Chair. The minutes record that no councillor declared an interest.
The committee approved a draft Food in School Statement and a Memorandum of Understanding between schools and the catering service, and referred both to Cabinet, the group of councillors who lead the council. It also approved its annual report for 2025-26, which goes to full Council, and discussed possible topics for 2026-27.
It agreed the updated documents and referred them to Cabinet, the council's senior group of councillors, for approval.
The committee received an update on the food offer in Swansea schools. It considered a draft Statement for Food in Swansea Schools and a draft Memorandum of Understanding, a written agreement, between the Catering Service and Swansea Schools. Members fully supported a letter of praise and support to all school kitchen staff, and officers agreed to cross-refer the memorandum in the statement.
The Education & Skills Service Transformation Committee met on 26 November 2025. It received an update on draft self-evaluation frameworks for reading and numeracy in Swansea schools, but the minute records no decision on them. It also confirmed the core purpose and end state of two education transformation projects, following a Panel Performance Assessment review by the Welsh Local Government Association.
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